Historical summary of faculty, students, degrees, and finances in degree-granting institutions: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2007-08

Selected characteristic

1869-70

1879-80

1889-90

1899-1900

1909-10

1919-20

1929-30

1939-40

1949-50

1959-60

1969-70

1979-80

1989-90

1999-2000

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Total institutions1

563

811

998

977

951

1,041

1,409

1,708

1,851

2,004

2,525

3,152

3,535

4,084

4,276

4,314

4,352

Total faculty2

5,553

3

11,522

3

15,809

23,868

36,480

48,615

82,386

146,929

246,722

380,554

450,000

4

675,000

4

824,220

5

1,027,830

5

1,290,426

5

—

1,371,390

5

Males

4,887

3

7,328

3

12,704

3

19,151

29,132

35,807

60,017

106,328

186,189

296,773

346,000

4

479,000

4

534,254

5

602,469

5

714,453

5

—

743,812

5

Females

666

3

4,194

3

3,105

3

4,717

7,348

12,808

22,369

40,601

60,533

83,781

104,000

4

196,000

4

289,966

5

425,361

5

575,973

5

—

627,578

5

Total fall enrollment6

52,286

115,817

156,756

237,592

355,213

597,880

1,100,737

1,494,203

2,444,900

3,639,847

8,004,660

11,569,899

13,538,560

14,791,224

17,487,475

17,758,870

18,248,128

Males

41,160

3

77,972

3

100,453

3

152,254

214,648

3

314,938

619,935

893,250

1,721,572

2,332,617

4,746,201

5,682,877

6,190,015

6,490,646

7,455,925

7,574,815

7,815,914

Females

11,126

3

37,845

3

56,303

3

85,338

140,565

3

282,942

480,802

600,953

723,328

1,307,230

3,258,459

5,887,022

7,348,545

8,300,578

10,031,550

10,184,055

10,432,214

Earned degrees conferred

Associate's, total

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

206,023

400,910

455,102

564,933

713,066

728,114

750,164

Males

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

117,432

183,737

191,195

224,721

270,095

275,187

282,521

Females

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

88,591

217,173

263,907

340,212

442,971

452,927

467,643

Bachelor's, total7

9,371

12,896

15,539

27,410

37,199

48,622

122,484

186,500

432,058

392,440

792,316

929,417

1,051,344

1,237,875

1,485,242

1,524,092

1,563,069

Males

7,993

10,411

12,857

22,173

28,762

31,980

73,615

109,546

328,841

254,063

451,097

473,611

491,696

530,367

630,600

649,570

667,928

Females

1,378

2,485

2,682

5,237

8,437

16,642

48,869

76,954

103,217

138,377

341,219

455,806

559,648

707,508

854,642

874,522

895,141

Master's, total8

0

879

1,015

1,583

2,113

4,279

14,969

26,731

58,183

74,435

208,291

298,081

324,301

457,056

594,065

604,607

625,023

Males

0

868

821

1,280

1,555

2,985

8,925

16,508

41,220

50,898

125,624

150,749

153,653

191,792

237,896

238,189

246,491

Females

0

11

194

303

558

1,294

6,044

10,223

16,963

23,537

82,667

147,332

170,648

265,264

356,169

366,418

378,532

First-professional, total7

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

34,918

70,131

70,988

80,057

87,655

90,064

91,309

Males

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

33,077

52,716

43,961

44,239

44,038

45,057

45,916

Females

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1,841

17,415

27,027

35,818

43,617

45,007

45,393

Doctor's, total

1

54

149

382

443

615

2,299

3,290

6,420

9,829

29,866

32,615

38,371

44,808

56,067

60,616

63,712

Males

1

51

147

359

399

522

1,946

2,861

5,804

8,801

25,890

22,943

24,401

25,028

28,634

30,251

31,215

Females

0

3

2

23

44

93

353

429

616

1,028

3,976

9,672

13,970

19,780

27,433

30,365

32,497

In thousands of current dollars

Finances

Current-fund revenue

—

—

—

—

$76,883

$199,922

$554,511

$715,211

$2,374,645

$5,785,537

$21,515,242

$58,519,982

$139,635,477

—

—

—

—

Educational and general income

—

—

$21,464

$35,084

67,917

172,929

483,065

571,288

1,833,845

4,688,352

16,486,177

—

—

—

—

—

—

Current-fund expenditures

—

—

—

—

—

—

507,142

674,688

2,245,661

5,601,376

21,043,113

56,913,588

134,655,571

—

—

—

—

Educational and general expenditures

—

—

—

—

—

—

377,903

521,990

1,706,444

4,685,258

16,845,212

44,542,843

105,585,076

—

—

—

—

Value of physical property

—

—

95,426

253,599

457,594

747,333

2,065,049

2,753,780

9

4,799,964

13,548,548

42,093,580

83,733,387

164,635,000

—

—

—

—

Market value of endowment funds

—

—

78,788

10

194,998

10

323,661

10

569,071

10

1,372,068

10

1,686,283

10

2,601,223

10

5,322,080

10

11,206,632

20,743,045

67,978,726

—

$336,906,009

$409,710,539

—

—Not available.

1 Prior to 1979-80, excludes branch campuses.

2 Total number of different individuals (not reduced to full-time equivalent). Beginning in 1959-60, data are for the first term of the academic year.

3 Estimated.

4 Estimated number of senior instructional staff based on actual enrollment data for the designated year and enrollment/staff ratios for the prior staff survey. Excludes graduate assistants.

5 Because of revised survey procedures, data may not be directly comparable with figures prior to 1989-90. Estimated number of senior instructional staff based on actual enrollment data for the designated year and enrollment/staff ratios for the prior staff survey. Excludes graduate assistants.

6 Data for 1869-70 to 1939-40 are for resident degree-credit students who enrolled at any time during the academic year.

7 From 1869-70 to 1959-60, first-professional degrees are included under bachelor's degrees.

8 Figures for years prior to 1969-70 are not precisely comparable with later data.

9 Includes unexpended plant funds.

10 Book value. Includes other nonexpendable funds.

NOTE: Data through 1989-90 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.